Since I updated my os to 10.6.4 I am having problem rendering graphics, there are even lags on quicktime while playing movies. Do others having the same problem? Is there a bug in the update?
I sure hope so, I did the update this evening and still having the screen freezing issues on my iMac. Very frustrating as I did not have this issue until I went to 10.6.4
YES, I just noticed it happening about 10% in from the left side of any Safari window. Quite pronounced. Do they even test these updates? I think it deserves its own post.
I have just installed the new graphic upgrade and at least running cinebench I can't see any improvement. I still get only 11fps.
what's going on apple?
By the way. I raised a case with apple. my advise is that we all do it. this is not acceptable.
Windows running faster than a Mac on video handling. This used to be where the Mac were the best.
It may be the Snow Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 is not intended to improve your system’s graphics if you are using a model from 2008:
- Addresses frame rate issues occurring in Portal and Team Fortress 2 by Valve, on iMac (Late 2009 and Mid 2010), Mac mini (Early 2009 and Mid 2010), Mac Pro (Early 2009), MacBook (Early 2009 and Mid 2010) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) or MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) models.
- Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture 3, or StarCraft II by Blizzard, to unexpectedly quit or become unresponsive.
Just to add on, i did the update early this morning and had no problems with it whatsoever. In fact it solved the problem i had with my external monitor. Will monitor it for the next few days and weeks to come...
Mac Pro, early 2008 (3,1)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Apple 30" Monitor, 18GB RAM etc.
Still get freezing/screen flickering randomly (having to manually reboot - usually 3-4 attempts) and I still have the problem of my Mac randomly not returning from sleep.
Very disappointing and hard to get work done.
After I upgraded from 10.6.3 to 10.6.4 I lost hardware acceleration in everything graphics related. OpenGL-stuff won't work or freezes/paints random memory.
GPU-enabled software like Apple Aperture won't even start, claiming my GPU isn't powerful enough anymore, although it works fine on 10.6.3.
Time Machine requires OpenGL to render, so I can't restore without booting setup. (Time Machine crashes on my 10.6-install dvd, so I have to do a clean install and then restore backup also.)
I've done this a couple of times now since the 10.6.4 release, and was really hoping this recent graphics update would fix something.
I guess I'll reinstall again :-/
This is really sad, because more and more software is starting to require 10.6.4 (Xcode++)
